COM.10

Pour décrire une personne
HB p.10
COM.10
Physical description. See HB p 106 LEX.6
What do you look like? I’ve got brown hair and blue eyes.
Eyes
What colour eyes have you got? I’ve got blue eyes
What colour are your eyes?
What are your eyes like?
My eyes are green.
I’ve got big eyes.
What colour hair have you got?
What colour is your hair?
What is your hair like?
I’ve got brown hair.
Height
How tall are you?
I’m 1 metre 50 (tall). I’m short.
Build (size)
How big are you?
I’m slim.
How much do you weigh?
I weigh 143 kilos.
Hair
(HAIR est
toujours
singulier)
Weight
Details
My hair is dark.
I’ve got long black frizzy hair.
I’ve got dimples/ a moustache…
* Pour décrire quelqu’un on peut utiliser les adjectifs composés (See HB p 71 GRAM.B.8) :
She has got blue eyes. = She is a blue-eyed girl. (c’est une fille aux yeux bleus)
He has got big feet. = He is a big footed-man (le nom est au singulier)
* Pour parler des ressemblances :
Who do you look like ? I look like my mother (je ressemble à ma mère)
(= What do you look like? (A quoi ressembles-tu?)
I’ve got the same eyes (as my sister). (J’ai les mêmes yeux que ma sœur.)
On utilise WITH avec un élément de description : with a moustache...
mais IN avec un vêtement : in a hat, in a jumper....